Description ¹

Small chiton, 7mm long, 3.5mm wide. They look very similar to L. finlayi but without the short spines and the plates are pink but darker in the middle.

Distribution ¹

Found under boulders and stones in the intertidal zone at the high tide level. Otago.

Synonyms ¹

Terenochiton otagoensis (Iredale and Hull, 1929) (original combination)

http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=385822

References ¹

New Zealand Mollusca, Marine Land and Freshwater Shells, A W B Powell, 1979

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Tony Wills, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNaturalist NZ taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• SeaLifeBase
• World Register of Marine Species

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